Category: Chapter 2 of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • Chapter 2 of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The following is an excerpt of original content distributed from the Project Gutenberg website.

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    We went tiptoeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow’s garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn’t scrape our heads. When we was passing by the kitchen I fell over a root and made a noise. We scrouched down and laid still. Miss Watson’s big nigger, named Jim, was setting in the kitchen door; we could see him pretty clear, because there was a light behind him. He got up and stretched his neck out about a minute, listening. Then he says:

    “Who dah?”

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